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False alarm : how climate change panic costs us trillions, hurts the poor, and fails to fix the planet / Bjørn Lomborg.

by Lomborg, Bjørn, 1965-

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Basic Books, 2020.

363.73874 L843f

Climatic changes -- Government policy.

Climatic changes -- Political aspects.

Global warming -- Government policy.

Global warming -- Political aspects.

Economic development -- Environmental aspects.

vi, 307 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-292) and index.

tWhy do we get climate change so wrong? -- Measuring the future -- A fuller story on climate change -- Extreme weather or extreme exaggeration? -- What is global warming going to cost us? -- You can't fix climate change -- Why the Green Revolution isn't here yet -- Why the Paris Agreement is failing -- Pick a path : which future is best? -- How climate policy hurts the poor -- Carbon tax : the market-based solution -- Innovation : what is needed most -- Adaptation : simple but effective -- Geoengineering : a backup plan -- Prosperity : the other climate policy we need -- Conclusion : how to make the world a better place.

This book will convince you that everything you think about climate change is wrong--and points the way toward making the world a vastly better, if slightly warmer, place for us all.

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